A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Friday, August 12, 2022
Crazy Golf at Ipswich Cornhill
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Sunday, August 07, 2022
Adventure Golf at Rochester Cathedral
There's an Adventure Golf course in the gardens at Rochester Cathedral as part of the All About Bridges exhibition this summer.
The course is part of the All About Bridges event that includes the World’s longest interlocking brick bridge - made of more than 200,000 bricks!
Visit the Rochester Cathedral website for more information.
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Secret Garden Adventure Golf at National Forest Adventure Farm
There's a new Secret Garden Adventure Golf course at National Forest Adventure Farm in Burton upon Trent.
Visit the National Forest Adventure Farm website for more information.
It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
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Wednesday, August 03, 2022
Crazy Golf at The Tivoli in Cambridge
Two 9-hole indoor Crazy Golf courses have opened at The Tivoli in Cambridge.
We first heard about the plans back in 2019 and it's good to hear the venue has opened.
The Tivoli building looks wonderful. It's a former cinema. We're big fans of Art Deco and look forward to visiting on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Check out The Tivoli website for more information.
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Tuesday, August 02, 2022
Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall
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Monday, August 01, 2022
Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Great Yarmouth
A visit to the Lost World Adventure Golf course in Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk |
Check out my blog post about all of the minigolf courses in the Greater Yarmouth area.
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Globetrotters Mini Golf at Tilgate Park in Crawley
You can find a Globetrotters Mini Golf course at Tilgate Park in Crawley, West Sussex.
The crazy golf pop-up will be there until the 24th August.
Visit the Globetrotters Mini Golf website for more information.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Mini Golf at Swinton Square, Salford
There will be a pop-up Dinosaur Mini Golf course at Swinton Square in Salford this summer.
There will be a dinosaur minigolf course in Salford this summer |
Games tee-off on the free-to-play dino crazy golf course on Monday 1st August and run until Sunday 21st August. Players can tackle the course between 10am and 4pm.
We'll have to go along for a game on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour as it's quite near to us. And we've never been to that bit of Salford before.
Visit the Swinton Square, Salford website and social media for more details of the Dinosaur Mini Golf course and event.
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Saturday, July 23, 2022
Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk
A look at the Lost World Adventure Golf course in Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk |
Check out my blog post about all of the minigolf courses in the Greater Yarmouth area.
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Woolworths shopping trolleys in Bolton
Seeing some shopping relics on a trip to Bolton.
We're always interested in spotting remains of retailers of yesteryear and while in Bolton we remembered that we'd heard there had been some former Woolworths shopping trolleys in Bolton Indoor Market.
Woolworths shopping trolleys at Bolton Indoor Market |
Luckily they were still there. An odd place for them to end up after the closure of Woolies back in 2009. But good to see they're still knocking around. Even if they have been locked up and put out of use!?
Woolworths shopping trolleys at Bolton Indoor Market |
Woolworths shopping trolleys at Bolton Indoor Market |
Other former Woolworths shops
It's fun seeing old & lost brands, ghost signs and retail relics. I took a look at the ghost signs on a former Woolworths store on Blackpool promenade last September.
We saw a Woolworths ghost sign in Nuneaton in May last year too. That was a nice surprise!
Like the Blackpool store, the Nuneaton shop site had also most recently been a Poundland and a TJ Hughes.
The last Woolworths shop in the UK closed in January 2009. Every so often remnants of the brand become visible again.
We visited the Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent in September 2020. That store still had the signage in place and we'd originally spotted it while driving through the town the previous November.
We took a look at an old Woolworths store in Brunstane, Edinburgh in August 2011. That was a Big W Woolworths store at The Jewel retail park. It's long gone now.
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Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Putting Green at Blenheim Gardens in Minehead
Finding a Putting course at Blenheim Gardens in Minehead.
Look at those prices! |
We had a holiday in Minehead, Somerset last month and visited three more miniature golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. One of which was the 18-hole Putting Green at Blenheim Gardens.
Putting Green at Blenheim Gardens in Minehead |
Putting Green at Blenheim Gardens in Minehead |
Putting Green at Blenheim Gardens in Minehead |
The grass Putting course at Blenheim Gardens in Minehead town centre was the 996th course visited since September 2006. It was pretty easy to find - once you spotted the brown tourist signs for it!
This way |
That way |
Follow the brown sign(s) |
This way to the Putting Green |
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A BHS ghost sign in Stockport
The ghost sign at the former British Home Stores shop in Stockport town centre is still on view.
A ghost sign on the former BHS in Stockport |
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Adventure Golf at Butlin's Minehead
A look at the Pirate Falls Adventure Golf course at Butlin's Minehead.
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We had a holiday in Minehead, Somerset last month and visited three more miniature golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Adventure Golf at Butlin's Minehead |
Pirate Falls Adventure Golf inside Butlin's Minehead holiday camp was the 994th course visited since September 2006.
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Friday, July 15, 2022
Happy twelfth birthday to the Crazy Golf Museum
The Crazy Golf Museum is twelve years old today.
Many happy returns to the Crazy Golf Museum as it marks it's twelfth birthday today.
I set-up the museum with Crazy Golf legend Tim 'Ace Man' Davies back on the 15th July 2010.
Since then we've continued to fill the virtual museum to make it a treasure trove and archive for all things related to minigolf.
It's certainly been a very interesting twelve years!
It's certainly been a very interesting twelve years!
A massive thank you to everyone who has shared their minigolfing memories, crazy golf items and adventure golf updates over the years. We're looking forward to continuing our promotion of the game for many more years to come.
Visit the Crazy Golf Museum's website, like the Page and join the Group on Facebook, check it out on Twitter, and see Instagram for information, photos, items, ephemera, stories, videos, postcards, games and more...
If you'd like to contribute any items, merchandise, course history, current developments or guest blog posts please do get in touch.
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Monday, July 11, 2022
PIAG Open 2022
Details of the Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open competition.
The Tiki Hut Trail course at Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre in Manchester |
The PIAG Open tees-off this week, with Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses around the UK offering players the chance to enter the event when they play a round at the course.
The event begins on Thursday 14th July and ends on Sunday 17th July.
The annual PIAG Open competition takes place across Paradise Island Adventure Golf's eight venues and is the largest Open miniature golf tournament in the UK with thousands of players competing across different age categories at each venue.
I won the PIAG Open at the Manchester Trafford Centre venue in 2018 and Emily won the event in 2019.
Emily - the 2019 PIAG champion |
2018 champion |
Visit the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website for more information on the PIAG courses in Glasgow, Livingston, Cheshire Oaks, Manchester, Sheffield, Derby, Rushden Lakes and Plymouth.
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Adventure Golf at Hounslow Golf Park
There are two new 18-hole Adventure Golf courses at Hounslow Golf Park in London.
Volcano Island Adventure Golf opened at Hounslow Golf Park this month and is home to the Eruption and Cascades courses.
The Hounslow Golf Park venue is also home to a number of other golfing activities including a driving range and a 9-hole course.
Visit the Hounslow Golf Park website for more information.
They are two more courses for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
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A wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man in Stockport
Spotting a wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man in Stockport.
The next time I need some flooring I'll be getting a quote from Floor Giants |
I do enjoy spotting wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube men advertising stuff. But I don't see them often enough for my liking. The last one we saw was a Santa airdancer in Dereham, Norfolk last November.
An airdancer - and a wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man |
So it was a real treat when I spotted this fellow while walking home from Stockport town centre on Saturday afternoon!
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Happy National 7-Eleven Day
It's National 7-Eleven Day.
7-Eleven convenience stores celebrate National 7-Eleven Day on when else but the 11th July.
We were surprised to see a number of 7-Eleven stores in Stockholm on our last trip there in 2018. We'd only ever seen them in the USA before that |
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Sunday, July 10, 2022
New Crazy Golf course planned for Norwich
There are plans for a new 24-hole Crazy Golf course as part of a venue at Norwich's Riverside area.
It'll be another new place to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
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